![]() ![]() What financial risk is the city taking on? ![]() With the other providers upload speeds are significantly lower than download.įor me there are several key questions regarding this project: In a shared connection internet performance is impacted by other users in the neighborhood. As mentioned Utopia Fiber provides a dedicated connection to each home whereas the other providers have shared connections. ![]() I used conservative figures when calculating the value of the cost mitigating features of the proposal.īelow is a comparative list of pricing for the 11 internet service providers available on Utopia as well as Century Link, Rise Broadband, and Xfinity. The spreadsheet provides that information. I put together an estimate as to what the required “take rate” translates to in terms of a liability to the city and how much we could expect the mitigating policies to reduce that liability. If you haven’t taken it please click here regardless of your view of the project. Utopia put a survey together for the city to assess the interest of residents in this project. Mitigating policies which can reduce our target or otherwise benefit the city include: factors are: (1) All revenues collected during the first 2 years can be used to cover shortfalls, (2) The city would get credit for 50% of all non-residential revenue (businesses, schools, and churches), and (3) the city would pay a wholesale rate for connections it uses directly (city offices, connections used for smart irrigation controllers, etc). ![]()
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